**About the Editors**

**Marcelo Godoy Sim ˜oes** received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Sao Paulo, ˜ Sorocaba, SP, Brazil, and his Ph.D. degree from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, and the D.Sc. degree from the University of Sao Paulo, in 1985, 1990, 1995, and 1998, respectively. ˜ He was a US Fulbright Fellow during the period AY 2014–2015, working with the Institute of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He is currently serving as a Faculty Senator with the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA, and as a Vice-President for the American Association of University Professors Chapter with the Colorado School of Mines. He is a pioneer to apply neural networks and fuzzy logic in power electronics, motor drives, and renewable energy systems. His fuzzy logic-based modeling and control for wind turbine optimization is used as a basis for advanced wind turbine control and it has been cited worldwide. His leadership in modeling fuel cells is internationally and highly influential in providing a basis for further developments in fuel cell automation control in many engineering applications. He made a substantial and lasting contribution of artificial intelligence technology in many applications, power electronics and motor drives, fuzzy control of a wind generation system, such as fuzzy logic-based waveform estimation for power quality, neural network-based estimation for vector-controlled motor drives, and the integration of alternative energy systems to the electric grid through artificial intelligence (AI) modeling-based power electronics control.

Dr. Simoes was a recipient of the "2018 IET Renewable Power Generation Premium Award." ˜ He is an IEEE Fellow, Class of 2016, with the citation: "for applications of artificial intelligence in control of power electronics systems." He is currently serving as the Chair for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Denver Chapter.

**Helmo Kelis Morales Paredes** received the B.S. degree from the San Agustin National University, Arequipa, Peru, in 2002, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, in 2006 and 2011, respectively, all in electrical engineering. In 2009, he joined the Power Electronics Group, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, as a Visiting Student. In 2014, he joined the PEMC Group, University of Nottingham, U.K., as a Visiting Scholar. In 2018, he joined the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA, as a Visiting Scholar. Since 2011, he has been with Sao Paulo State University—UNESP, as an Associated Professor and he is the Leader of the ˜ Group of Automation and Integrating Systems. His current research interests include power theories under non-sinusoidal condition, harmonics propagation, power quality, accountability, revenue metering, and power electronics applied for distributed generation and renewable energy systems.

Dr. Morales-Paredes was a recipient of a Prize Paper Award from the IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics in 2011 and currently he is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Latin America Transactions. He is a member of the Brazilian Power Electronic Society, Brazilian Automation society and IEEE.
